Broadcom HD Accelerator on Acer Timeline

I've ordered my card, going to install it in a free PCIE slot in my aod250. I've spent about 2 hours so far looking for that utility, no luck.

I plan to enable it in Media Center and also hope that the XMBC guys get it working in windows, that would be amazing as well.

If you would please, email or post it up for others to be able to get it. That would great. If I get it it, I'd seed it in a torrent for everyone. it must not be that big right?

Thanks!

Gagan

 

Hello.I have buy the same BROADCOM BCM70012 card and i can not do it to work.The utility you are searching you can find if you install the old drivers - not the crystal hd - and go to folder c:\program files\broadcom\broadcom mediapc 70010\ and inside there you will find the DiagTool.exe.

 

the diagnostic tool is indeed diagtool.exe

the status tool is also in the same directory, it is called DTSinfo

 

the DTSinfo is not running in windows 7

 

what sort of battery life are you getting with this on the 3810 ? is there any noticeable impact ?

 

runs here on my aod250, you just have to enable it. then just open your hidden icons on taskbar and youll see it. Doesnt tell you anything though, its kinda uselesss.

However i do not have the diagtool.exe in my broadcom folder(i do have dtsinfo though). Driver installed is the one from HP 2.36.0.0 dated 8/10/2009 according to what i see in device manager driver.

My broadcom decoder works just fine using that driver. Also using MPC-HC and KMPlayer. Cpu usage seems a bit high though at around 37-55% i was hoping closer to 20-25% usage and i can indeed confirm the broadcom is active and being used.

 

so are also x264 mkv files working?

BTW. I tried installing the mini pci-e card into my Fujitsu Q2010, but I found out, that the slot I wanted it to install in only has the USB pins active. So no luck here.

Does anybody know where to get the expresscard 34 version? I had no luck tracking it down on the net.
One ended auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/BroadCom-HD-Video-Audio-Decoder-ExpressCard-34_W0QQitemZ120317549398QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item1c037c1b56&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

 

Hey guys I love this little piece. I'm currently playing a blu-ray at 40 - 50% on my 3810T (singlecore). This thing is worth every cent I spent on itand is really easy to install cause you only have to lift up the keyboard on the 3810 and then you can plug it in

 

Would this help on an Acer Timeline 4810TZ (SU4100 proc, GMA4800MHD graphics) as well? Are the drivers for Win7/64 available and working well? I don't even know if this laptop has a spare PCI-e slot, or how to get to it. I'd love to have smoother video, however, you tube and vimeo in particular.

 

Why bother? The GMA4500 in 3810/4810 can do hardware decoding just fine, this broadcom one is not necessary at all. The card is mostly for netbooks with GMA950 or notebooks with older video card.

 

If it decodes in hardware just fine, why do youtube and vimeo videos pause so much, even when fully buffered?

 

You'll need Flash 10.1 beta and a new intel driver

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5772773&postcount=2734

 

Thanks for the lead on the Flash beta. Do I just need the current Intel driver, or is there a special version I'd need?

 

I made some comparisons between the Broadcom and the GMA4500MHD yesterday and guess what the Intel has not a good decoding

I played the Max Payne Blue-ray once with the Broadcom installed and once without, same player and same system (3810T &Win 7-64bit).
When the Broadcom card was installed I had a maximum of 46% of CPU usage and was able to run Firefox with 5 Tabs and Adobe PDF reader. As I uninstalled the card and fired my system up without it I was not able to run a untouched Blu-ray and Firefox besides. I had a cpu usage of 100% and the video had a strobo effect what means it skipped a few frames every second
For me the broadcom was worth every penny I can play youtube HD and every video I want without thinking about if my system will be able to play ist

 

CPU usage@100% simply means that X4500 isn't working in DXVA mode and the processor did the decoding work. So you might need some tweak to get the x4500 work properly -- and it depends on your player but shouldn't be harder than installing the broadcom card.

For youtube(h.264 flash content), both Intel and Broadcom cards are *officially* supported and should't be a problem at all.

read the PDF, you'll need 1986 or later, i.e., 1986 or 2021.

 

Intresting device, wonder if it could extend battery time by preventing the CPU from throtteling up. Might be good to be able to watch a DVD on a single battery charge or increase web browsing time when watching youtube.

 

I just ordered this broadcom card and an acer 532h netbook.. will I need to get two screws to hold it into the mini pcie slot? where would one get the right size screws?